- " *- r ks ; ' : •?• ■ r ■ i tff«e""t salisbury h c jt7ne 11 i£85 no 34 • ■, ■; ■■-"-]• cure • lou 334 . i-]ttic r u ny sell ■ ers i ij i '•'• vki g cn \ i ie n c i ' " " '"■'?, f en oilr ■ ■ ive iii»e<i it with ereat mend ii to any one ' son and a ■ ■ ,| i,o.,.tn |). a jexkixs \ i '. st itc treasurer , jf fr.\.vn and t c smith & a , ' .,. | r k kimtz & co 49:!y ■ loqaii i eia h3k v x i exxessee i fipm wagons i iscinxati 1 ; & spring wagons i 10 drills ; i n.\y uakks ■ king 1 i iv a tors i .: cutters i ' ' ' ■ si ■ t rr co-n giiollors i ills i i is an i 1'i'i i ii diny . i i - evei ii\l l ids r r rh head l x)m_estic c i '. idcr is u ! sputed diitatk it none equal it ■ vrniccl si ii mninjr '■-^' t bcaat'iful wood work ld|s wvluta^tkd • material . l work i-cp respect ; : ; ■■ ■ '■ uupicd territory machine co hirlimnilil v:l lll ttz & i1endlema.n bury n c inuwane hsbj you want j b d w a a e * l ow figures '-•'' 8 rr mite tf 0 . - d - a atwell n ■ ■ . .. - the lam of the sky r.v a m ]>. have vi n been f <> watuugn the land of the sky where a banquet of glory is spread for the eye where the mountains <!<> rear their sum mit ibovc the stui ins mil t!io cloud to the regions , it iipvc where scent f enchantment enravisli ( the soul and reason to rapture surrenders con trol whcic waters go dashingrtosrn rocky de clines and tiit hiil-s are covered with evergreen \ i i : e .> woven in i wreath for the liill ragged brow overhuii-iiig the dark deep chasm be low ? where boasting musicians are wont to retire when the bird of the mountain tunes : up ilia lyre and lends to liis melody wings that can tl.v to scalier liis song through t lie laud ol tin sky where air is freighted with sweetest per fume i wafted from the flower when full in its j bloom [ and the breezes that float o'er mountain's tall peak give back the invalid the rose to his cheek j and fountains are gushing from every i hill-side all sparkling and cold a health-giving tide i an elixer of health more tempting to j sip than the cup that presses the bacclian j al's lip ye seekers oi pleasure opprcsed by the ■ hear come tn the mountains ti a pleasant let leaf ye ones that are feeble why linger and j die ? come up to this beautiful land of the sky _ _ i where activity is restored to the limb and lustre comes back id the eye that is dim | tennessee's place amoiig tho • southern states n o times-democrat almost first in the galaxy of south ern slates tennessee has taken a stand j as a concrete force in the formation of what we know to-day as the new smith in whatever of progress our section has accomplished tennessee has been prominent in development ince the war whether agricultural in | 1 or political the great central lonwealth of the new south hi 5 : i ■ van perhaps few of our re;;il ' era have appreciated the close commer cial and material bonds that unite the crescent city with tennessee the lat ter l.s one of the greatest if not the : greatest producing state of the south ! with a degree of enterprise that the li vest north western state might be proud i of it is pushing its interests out at home i and abroad until lour continents now feel the effect of its propaganda first to recover from the disasters of the re ' construction period tennessee was also first to shake off the lethargy bred of j that industry-killing period and before the world could believe that the staunch old co nmonwealth hud suivived it at all it appeared among the leading states of the union in new agricultural mining and manufacturing developments each one of the southern states re presented at the new orleans exposi j dion has created surpri.se throughout civilization and none more than ten i ■. the world was not ignorant before that such a region existed tennessee marhle tennessee iron and coal had been heard of but the thous and rich resources that the stale has introduced to mankind through its wonderful exhibit had not been dream ed of and possibly many time-demo crat readers do not yet appreciate them one county shelby of which memphis is the seat was for a long time the ban ner cotton county of the world and last year it was only the fifth in point of production of all cotton producing counties tennessee leads the united states in corn ! this is the more aston ishing when it is remembered that several states belonging to other sec tions have made their displays at the exposition almost on the basis of corn alone before the supremacy of ten nessee corn they have all bowed the knee if competition were allowed among the state exhibits it is not cer tain that tennessee might not capture the palm in tobacco as well as to minerals there is no doubt about the proud position it maintains there are twenty-three producing coal mines in the state just one of which supplies a large proportion of the firesides of new orleans in the production of iron tennessee ranks with alabama and georgia from chattanooga to the state line railways traverse a region teeming with iron coal and limestone in such proximity that the history of the industry doesnoi show such golden opportunities for investment and devel opment as to marbles il isonly neces sary to inspei t the exhibits of furniture factories from all parts of the country to be convinced that the state lias cap tured the interesl so far as dacorative purposes are concerned in woods she '.■, knowledges u ■ superior in grazing lands hardly an equal perhaps it is no as well known as it should be that the blue-grass region of tennessee is far greater in area than the same in kentucky the form ition over which j it lies b identical with thai of its neigh bor and so are all the phy teal coi di tions in brief tennessee includesibe climatic and ml other con litions oj all the regions of america between the tropic and canada and as a ii id or settlement offers the grea est rarge of production and in'lu^'rv of any locali ty on the face of the globe the key f death in the collection of curio iespreserved in the arsenal of \ eniee there is a key of which the following singular tradi tion is related about the year 1,6 0 one of those dangerous men in whom extraordinary talent is only the fearful source of criuie and wickedness beyond that of ordinary men came to establish himself as a merchant or trader in venice the stranger whose name was tebaldo became enamored of the daugh ter of an ancient house already affianc ed to another he demanded her hand in marriage and was of course rejected enraged at this he studied how to be revenged profoundly skilled in the mechanical arts he allowed himself no rest until he had invented the most for midable weapon which could be imagin ed this was a key of large size the handle of which was so constructed that it could be turned round with little dif ficulty when turned it discovered a spring which on pressure launched from the other end a needle or lancet of such subtle fineness that it entered into the flesh and buried itself there without leaving external trace tebal do waited in disguise at the door of the church in which the maiden whom he loved was about to receive the nuptial benediction the assassin sent the slender steel nnpercsived ini the breast of the brideg^^n the wounded man had no suspicion of injury but . with a sudden and sharp pain in the midst of the ceremony he fainted and was carried to his house amid the la mentation of the bridal party vain was all the skill of the physicians who could not devise the c iu i of this strange illness and in a few days he died te baldo again demanded the hand of the maiden from her parents and received a se ond v i iv sd they to >. peri lied 1 1 1 1 erably in a few days the alarm which these <'.> iths v.liich app i i almost miraculous occasioned t .; ■ i the utmost vigilance oi the magi trates and when on close examination oi the bodies i he small instrument was found in the gangrened flesh terror was uni versal evvrv one f'uredfor his own life the maiden thus cruelly orphaned hud pn>st.'d the first months of her mourn ing in a convent when tebaldo hoping to bend her to his will entreated to speak with her at the rate the face of the foreigner had been ever displeas ing to her but since the death of all those most dear to her it had become odious as though she had a presenti ment of his giiiit and her reply was most decisive in the negative tebaido beyond himself with rage attempted to wound her through he grate and ueceeu'!i tho obscurity of the place prevented his movement i ; g observed on her return to her room the maiden felt a pain in her breast and uncover ing it she found it spotted with a sing le drop of blood the pain increased the surgeons who hastened to her as sistance — taught by the past — wasted no time in conjecture but cutting deep into the wounded part extracted the needle before any mortal mischief had commenced and saved the life of the lady the state inquisition used every means to discover the hand which dealt these insidious and irresistible blows the visit of tebaldo to the convent caused suspicion to fall heavily upon him his house was carefully searched the infamous invention discovered and he perished on the gibbet public opinion - b asheville citizen mr joseph abbott f this place inform us of a simple vet very efficient remedy for scalds and burns he has had occasion to use the remedy frequently and in very serious cases with almost immediate relief . his remedy is to apply liquid honey with a feather to tin 1 injured part as soon as possible after tin 1 injury raid dust over with flour immediate and permanent relief follows it is *> r <-!! worth trying lm is a simple and generally a conven ient remedy collision it s«*a tw cntj -: wo lives los nrv york may 28 the steamship city of ronn . i hieh arriv i here today r ports thai on mai 25 at 4:co p m during a di nse fog she i oliided v ith ai i sunk the french fishing bark i ... orge john which was lying ai or she rescued two of the crew bu t reajaininj twenty two were lost i young ladies column ! all rontiibntor.s to his column will ai'lresstheir commanications to yorxo i ladies column watciiuam salisbury in c i . - ■ dear watchman tr .: i uiiu , d hp : ih ftmntlation in bene oience or goodwill to mankind lt p iceeds from the heart it is the result f a proper and modest estimate i of ou own merits and claims it has : been said thai a man's manners make his fortune and to a certain extent > this maxim is true bolitenees is the ■ most charming thing i'cr civil society peop e naturally sweet tempered and | polit !■, have no more to do but to give the reins to their inclination but true poli:eness requires practice experience appi ication and study to a 1 i ' n retbre — the rich the poor the industrious and the idle the old and the young remember that politeness is a necessity for true enjoyment i have been a little wayward in writ ing and have not written for the col ulm lately still i have been interested and i hope benefited by the contribu tions hazel eyes wrote a most excel lent letter last week t hope others will write too truly h lwthorx selected for the ladies 1 column the new stylo rude the accepted definition of ihe word dude will require considerable modi : fication the coming summer the dude i ■ ■ i of the future is to be several degrees re moved from the dude that was in fact ! if we cake tin word of society's mouth piece he is to be no dude at all but something bearing a closer resemblance to man — to the human form divine in the first place.it h tlis solemn ipse dixii of mrs grundy that the i ew style dude shall be intellectual looking to i bo intellectual looking the poor fellow must ne ds be intellectual in fact of course this will reduce ihe number of dudes iu the cut and color of his raiment i the coming dude is to be less gaudy less pronounce i and m re conservative there is to be less of the solomon-in-all ■ his-glory styte about the clothes of the uingdude black coats black ties land shiny silk castore will prevail in iftli lka-dotted linen red blue land groan outer garments brilhantly ' dy i n ck wear and unsightly tiles thus is ihe dude to be robbed r,f his '■ prominence no more will he shine as the light of the boulevard no more will he wear the air of a distinguished foreigner and his eye glass is to be broken and scattered to the four winds exit dude — enter nice clean fresh young man s a new jersey man broke up house keeping and went to a hotel to board in order that his wife might enjoy rol ler skating to her heart's content opinion is divided on the question whether he loves her or wants her to break her neck ( ' ; . a kerosene driak one night recently a gainesville lady was aroused by a knocking at her door on opening it she beheld u well dress ed and gentlemanly-looking man who carried a lantern in his hand he said that his lantern was about to go out for want of oil she procured her oil can and quietly handing it to him he turned it up to his mouth and took a long and vigorous swig of its contents she remonstrated but he assured her that he had for several years past used kerosene as a stimulant in place of cof fee whisky or other beverages he then replenished his lantern ar.d strode on toward his destination — savannah news home manufactures — we saw the other day some specimens of handsome ginghams made mr it v ale aden's factory in.gaston county it is as good as any made anywhere and dresses made oj i would adorn any beauty under any circumstances we direct the attention of merchants of the to such home enterprises and hope they will give the goods a trial on their retail counters all things being equal or if slightly unequal ) let us em o irage home manu factures and give them ihe preference charlotte d niocrat the asphalt used in pavements and other purposes comes from the island of trindad where there is an asphalt lake if covers about 100 acres and is apparantly inexhaustible it i believed to be crude rotten petroleum although j t are taken r m the annually it constantly fills up so i h ■ there ; - uo lessening ol the supply ; q 1 by the government of ven-j ezueia and leased to an american com ■ . • . whi h keeps a fleet of schooners rimmr ? to trinidad the hat industry i in election times we bet hats do i we ever ask orrrselvea how the hat man ufacture started in this country are i we aware that 222 years ago virginia • offered a premium of ten pounds of to j bacco for every good hat made of wool or fur within her bounds we made j o many hats in america 150 years ago i that the felt-makers company of lon , ion petitioned parliament to prohibit ■ ill exportation of hats from the amori ! can colonies on the ground that new j england alone was turning out lt),000 j hats a year parliament graciously acceded to the request consequently the american hats took their own course and were glorified instead of being made to receive the fall of an ; elephant out of a third-story window ! they were made light with reference to ' the sunshine and the beverage which inspireth danbury in connecticut ' was making hats 104 years ago as j late as 1s45 all the hats were made out of real skins the poor old beaver dis i appeared from the globe in order to furnish man's brain with a false dome next the nutria had to sacrifice himself and the gentle muskrat was called into requisition and the rabbit was drafted j the danbury hat folks imported rabbits to breed them artificially but the free ' minded rabbit died or jumped over the fence are you aware young gentle • men who have paid a hat bet but have not paid for the hat that the chinese j first taught us how to make the present : sort of silk hat ? these hats were started in this country just fifty years r.go or in 1885 a frenchman in i\:;is pui his han i on the chinese silk hat and stole the idea we are not probab ly aware th it in nearly a the english books the american hat is referred to as a marvel of lightness and style yet it has become the habit of that class of young men who cannot eat dinner up an alley without a dress coat to buy all their hats of english make as if j they might possibly import with the liai some c brain kossuth had great influence in the united states : to introduce hero the wide brimmedsoffc v.-o:.il hat — new york tribune c r 1 people when shall the colored man equal the white man from the henderson gom leaf this was the subject of a lecture do • livered in the courthouse here monday ; night by thos w cannaday the young : colored lawyer of oxford the speaker did not attempt to show when this j would be by intermixing of the races j or anything of that kind as his subject might lead one to believe his address j throughout was conservative and sen ! sible and while he does not possess the ' , maguetism and oratorical powers of his i distinguished colored brother rev j c | price who recently delivered an address ' here on the capabilities of the negro ] he speaks vrell and is calculated to do | much good to his race if they but take i the advice given them the bent of : his argument was to impress upon the 1 negro the importance of industry edu i cation and moral excellence chased by a coacliwbip madisor ga jladisoniau the most thrilling snake story that j has yet been related to us this season i is one that caused one of sir morgan's most reliable and industrious young farmers serious apprehension as well as j a lively chase a few days ago mr | eason who tenants the farm of mr j ■ r high a few miles from town while engaged in chopping cotton in his field some distance from his house was set upon by a coachwhip of huge dimen sions mr eason assumed the off in ! sive and tried to repel his violent an ! tagonist he was soon forced to flee ' however for safety and a lively chase | with the young farmer in the lead was ' made over cotton beds to the house ; as soon as he was m hearing distance ; mr eason called to his wife for his gun who run to the rescue of her almost ' breathless husband just in tiaie for him to rid himself of his venomous pursuer which he did by emptying the contents of the shotgun into h enakeship this is a reliable corroboration of the theory that a coachwhip will chase a human being the eoaehwhip was a very large o;io measuring 8 feet 9 inches we aiv told lhat the negroes on the place were very mucb alarmed my children do not thiiive 1 ■-, have such a changeable color it i uworci rs to me that woruware the cause , •■ -,\ thia tro sbh . f will try '■-'- in dian v..:ir : : stealing melons j anamrdoti of judge thomas ruffiy from the leakavhie eclio : about 43 years aao judge ruffin went to schooh t shady grove k i-k ingham county to fcr salb smith : across the river about a mile and a half from the academy in the rich bottoms , of the mayo was av«y fine melon patch to whi h the boys occasionally made clandestine visits tho widow who owned e patefe httatwd pretty daughter snrio-hrlv aifcl lively an , iuii 1 of fun ruffin occasionally called on : these young ladies and on one occasion \ the theft of the melons wa spoken of the young ladies told jfrwmg rufiin that they thought the students of mr smith were the robbers ruffin nt mice defended the boys 1 from the unjust suspicion and promised that if it was so he would use his influence to step it a few days afterwards a negro girl came ' from the melon patch with a handker chief which she had found there and gave it to the young ladies in one corner was the name thomas rnffin 1 the mother of the young ladii - selected the finest melon she eon id find tied it up i:i the handkerchief and sent it to ruffin the next day by one of her sons who attended the school it cured ruffin from m testing melon patches and it is said he never coul ; face the young ladies again mi ■€?'■ u i some years ago a party of infij is , stalled a town in missouri and uuiueci it liberal it was their purpo.su !■> show the w.umi what eou d be ac complished by a c iloi v of iilva ce<l thinkers the town barred out chur ches saloons pri is and leathers am tin 1 people had no belief in go i j-sus an<i the devil after a struggle of live years the to-.vti is rajmiiv sj»ing down the people want to sell oat and rviove away the morals oi tin place have been in u friuhliul c<nuli ! lion frmn tho s-lurt a tboutrlj no sa j loons are allowed drunkenm.'ss pre vails and everybody swear 5 . the i people lave w eonn lence i;i c.e.i ! other no respect for each other and no self respect i'tie experiment of | running a town i;i open defiance oi god laws has proveii a>li--astr««us failure the ii.ii tel.s ol the c ml ry should take a look at l r - . i icy will then be in tier salicik 1 w hii cln ist ian couimuuilm s the l ' r.ji ij political party of of nort ii *..';. : '*; ua vvouhl also ii sell out au i q it b .'<. iht-ro's u i mar ktt for the stuck having bought nut the grocery de partment of j d mcne iv 1 iuteud cfinductiog i first class grocery store mvstock will ronsist of sugar coffee ; bacon lard fish m ■■ -. flouk butter chick t-ns e^gs & c al fruits nuts crackers &<•.— in ii'r i te;vl keeping tverytliing tisuall kept in the grocery a i»l prm '••-< ine : ; el ec uti " :',„■ cash i hopo to mi i i at t a | i n of the trade c r •' d.mc ; neely's store j xi uadex jiuh-4 1885 2ms j m haden seal estate apt office in j d mcneely's store has for sale the following real estate on terms to suit purchasers : x 1 eight building i - a ir of them fronting on main btr these lota are near car shops xo •>— hrit eight building lots and four small firms this property i 3 situated on the brln^le ferry i • , rsuopa n'o 3 - t from 10 to 12 icn s situated on 1 1 brin^le ferrv road ii miles from s no i - h s •■■'- vt n building lots two on main street and five on (. liui h etretrt situ ate 1 on bame square tvifh joe b jf o 5_has eleven small ! its lons street near gas house wo jen miiis frei-_'!)t n passenger lcpots t'.u proper ty is valu •■■ - : ' r tenement i - , * >; 0 ij — h is eight small four to si \ a ■ • : ' " salisbury nn the n g r 1 xo 7 has abfl it 23 or 30 small i containing 5 i i 10 tores each a . seve ral other valua tie i ■■- -•-. cont 50 to j 10 a two to three n ph isu e in sho hing to buy . j m hadex j ine4 : ; >---' administrators noiicel ah persons having • ■■■'■ si^m 1 on • r bel - • ' ' ; , r t . if their rutoi d 31 barkieit adai'r mi vt 1835 it will pay ro : lian venni ' ; all entirely new & fresh ! j s mbodbbejs sr vt ■'■ ■ the business m the 0 1 stand lout alm , ls . ' ' ■'■ yniir -..; i be ottered on 1 bart r or first ss ■ ■ those satisl his stock cons&sts of dry good groceries boots and shoes hats cloiliir.g con fectioneris crockery drugs \:.. corn flour feed and provi>kmis of alt kinds with a full lin.-of j high grade fertilizers as cheap as fhe cheapest you will rlo well to see him before purchssatt clse | where salisbury april 1st i8s3l 23:tf notice to settle '■ all persons indebted to the estate of mrs julia l sun th deceased arc rcqu red to make immediate settlement and all pi r sons having claims against her estalaarfl notified that they im-.i present ihuu to tiia undersigned r»n or before the 22nd ol a 1886 oi this notice will be p!cad in i their recovery robert murphy andrew murpnv ex'rs of jutia smvth april 21st 1885 ow pens eons the bd irtl :.|); oint ii to pass upon np plicaiions : •: pi the general assenibh of tl -- • i raitiried the llth day f march 1885 .. ;. meet ii the i e in baliibury on holiday tbf ; h day of ji'm 7 . 5 e euy soldier who ! ist a !<■_'. an t»roor , or who is ow otherwise im apnei tiitcl for manii i . . o c of i ■ re of ity as i -■!.,';• r or snilor i»f n i in the service of ihg c s:;ttr ol .. \ . . unmiinicii of any soldier or saflnr who hi ■• n citiz i of i mil i;i f | co ifedei ate stah «, prn . id d s or u idow shall m :-, | is - ihan •-' of propertj litti i fur i ire < muled i sions undt r sai i a.t applicationn irtay im | t '. rlc f t>«e s cunirt at i ,•. tini : before i j issii john 31 ii m\n c rk 30;ln superior court yadiia fflmsral sprisp acaflenj palmersville rj.c ■ in ■ ■ ■ ■ ' • '.':■ i . . . - ■ - ■ ■ ■ -'■ ' . organized 1859 j ' capital & assets s75o.ooo • t . kii0dii.s buowne i vm c coaet ™ itest.f i sfcrttary twenty-sixth annual statement jancap.t 1 is8 liabiutus c:-nh capital tr o vo m unartj'1-.ipd losses m,a • 00 liabilities i '-' x '- 9a net sur^ur ■-';:, i'.r u ci . j > 19 •■: n unl i stal • 0 st.ut a.i.i .'.:■: i :-•.- : ■■- oo i .... . , " .■ j oa keul estate u : i l - :. £ ■ ■. i i total assets - 741,2£0 32 i \ ■ :- hgl something new i ■*..- not ... at diaxsosd dyls - a ... ' t to t*se la9ie8 call a - ■ };■■:■: \- ■: - : range bl